The ego

Like the semi-silvered mirror in a laser device, the ego is a lens that allows the transmission of luminous energy. Like a lens, it is transparent but is subject to flaws and transmissive obstructions. Its purpose is to collimate and direct the focus of the energy that is being transmitted by the consciousness that provides it with its energy source. Unfortunately, in its semi-silvered state, it "creates" a nebulous image of the source of the transmission. As such, it acts as if the transmission had its origin point at that image. This is the ego-self that we perceive. Of all of the psychic structures, the ego takes the hit as far as responsibility is concerned for our physical manifestation. On the ethereal plane, the ego is the densest formation and is adjacent to and supported by the astral and inframental planes. The ego is positioned within one extreme of the vital body from whence your living energy is emitted and as such has a direct influence on your physical self. How it is influenced and directed by the higher planes of existance is an exercise in detective work for the interested and the aware.

The lens part was needed to focus our energy as the density of this plane is pretty damn tough for such a nebulous emission to penetrate. This is in part the reason why the ego is such a strong psychic structure. It also provides the exit point for the resonance pumping of the energy to allow it to gain sufficient strength so that the ego appears to control the emission. If it walks like a duck...etc. As we know, however, appearances can be deceiving. Purpose and design relate intimately to function and effect. A close look at our "personality" and its responses to various stimuli and situations provides all the clues that we need to follow that particular thread to its origin.

So what is it about the ego that makes it want and be able to steer our activity towards the combative and contestatory aspect of our interpersonal relations? We make a statement based on our point of view and full of our intent regarding a given subject and its influence/impact/meaning relative to our current place in reality as reported on by the intellect. Don't forget that the intellect is the "rational" part of the inframental region. The memorial content of the ego (actually the memorial content that lies between the descendant luminous energy and the egoic structure) colors this energy with the various aspects and conditions of our person"ality". This is the "subjective" aspect of the egoic process. If your level of consciousness does not permit you to be aware of these impediments to the perception of reality then you will be convinced by your thought "processes" that your position is "real" and therefore valid and justified. When we receive the comeback to our statement, it is processed and adjusted by our current condition. Comparisons and evaluations are then made between our initial statement and the resulting similarities and differences that are found. By looking at these comparisons in content, we define the intent and then start to adjust our vision of the position of our respondant. The degree to which the two positions are found to be in opposition creates an immediate feedback that perturbs the reactive memory. This perturbation produces emotive responses that generate feelings that can be very strong and quite visceral (physical). This is, in effect, a "short circuit" of the energy circulation system that bleeds away the consciousness raising factor in favor of the emotional fight or flight response. (One of the survival “instincts” retained by the psyche after the transformation of the instinctive memory.) Depending on the nature of the memorial content and how sensitive and how strongly these memorial chords are being struck determines the type and strength of the egoic response. This response is, however, an indicator of the underlying content of the memorial impediments and as such can be used by both parties to elucidate and illuminate the obscuring factors in play.

The ego is how we manage to perceive ourselves in a physical and subjective way. What then is the ethereal and objective reality that we cannot perceive through the ego, and why is it so? The ego is the collimator and the agent of focus for all luminous energy transmissions that we undertake. As such, it relies on it's feedback mechanisms to ensure that it is able to properly perceive and actuate the forms that are required to be used or even created for our needs. Something like a baker mistaking his oven as the part of himself that is responsible for the bread that he makes. An important and necessary part but just one that is used for a specific purpose. A lens can be bidirectional. This is very useful when the source of the transmission needs to observe its current status and what aspects of itself and their functions need to be adjusted or refined. Introspection is the egoic method of self-examination. The transformation that can result from this process is superficial only and that is because the ego is looking in at itself! The ego's function in the inframental region is to collimate and transmit. There is no room for the ego to pick itself up by its bootstraps and change either its form nor its orientation. How then can real change come about? The transmutation of the egoic substance and material is a supramental function. The supramental region of the psychic reality of man is a plane of higher vibrational sensibility that exists within us all. Awareness and the use of this region involves accessing the psychic self. The psychic self is that part of our reality that is ready and waiting for its call into action. The call is energetic in nature and as such initiates with the source but depends on the ability of the psychological self to serve as conduit for the frequency and intensity raising of the consciousness that is available to us. This energy requires a resonance coupling to enable it to be perceived by and become useful in our physico-psychic reality.

Opposition and the taking of a position. The ego's greatest strength and ultimate weakness is the requirement to validate it's appraisal of its location relative to the source and to the object of it's attention......Building on what someone can share with us is a method of increasing awareness and raising the consciousness of both participants. The ego has little interest in this process and even less affinity for it. It requires a lot of will to look through and behind whatever is irrelevent (to you) in what you receive and only deal with what you can treat in what was sent to you. This is what the universal principle of respect is all about.

Indeed flexibility is inherent as well as imposed. The ego is constructed in such a way as to also incorporate adjustments and imperfections that accumulate with time. Such as? Each successive materialization serves to accumulate and organize our experiences into those areas of interest to our source. Of interest just means in energetic conformance with the adjustments needed to further our own spiritual evolution. Like the fine tuning of a motor or other mechanical device, these adjustments are made "blindly" because we have neither the perspective nor the awarenesss of the role that our activity plays. As such (it was necessary so that the ego could be instilled with the consciousness necessary to permit the process in the first place) we tend to stumble along, seemingly destined to encounter events and support or endure them as the situation warrants. It is critical to realize that these situations were eminently planned out and arranged to allow us to complete the aforementioned task. The ego is just the device by which our consciousness was put "on hold" for the purpose of allowing us access to this experiential nexus. Once the preponderance of experience is accumulated, the process can then go to the next level and integration and reformulation of the mechanism can be started. The ego was and is the most flexible part of our psychic make-up and that is why it is "in charge" of our efforts here. That flexibility is part and parcel of the method and the manner by which we conceive and achieve our purpose.